Fellowships at Green Mountain Ranch

Find the answers to aging beautifully at Green Mountain
Ranch. A maximum of four invited design educators live the lifestyle for a week without charge,
balancing learning and relaxation with active recreation and healthful fine dining.

We will pick you up from the airport and drive you to Green
Mountain Ranch. After dinner, and a great night’s sleep, you will start your
first morning of training with Cynthia
Leibrock. We will spend our
afternoons hiking in Rocky Mtn. Natl. Park, biking, rock climbing, or fly
fishing for 20” German Browns in our lake, all included. Afterward, we will relax in our spa followed by another healthy gourmet dinner.

All meals are included, and we will even teach you some
healthy gourmet cooking techniques using a wok and steam oven. Plus you will have a chance to try out over two
hundred universally designed products.

Airport transportation to the ranch is included, but if you
want to rent a car, we can help you arrange an afternoon of rafting, riding, or
pheasant hunting. In the winter, we may
also consider cross country skiing or a mountain tour in a horse drawn
sleigh. After your week at Green
Mountain Ranch, we can also help you arrange a vacation at one of our many
Colorado ski resorts or mountain parks.

This is our lifestyle at Green Mountain Ranch, and my
husband and I would like to share it with you at our expense. For details on the fellowship and for reservations, email Cynthia@AgingBeautifully.org or call Green Mountain Ranch at 970 484-4182.

Green Mountain Ranch: A Demonstration Project

The ranch features over 200 ideas installed to demonstrate the complementary aspects of green and
universal design. The project is proactive, using design elements to prevent injuries and to encourage a
lifestlye that leads to health and longevity. The house is visitable by wheelchairs users and
adaptable to tall and short users, to people with low vision and low hearing, to those who want to do rehab.
at home, and to those requiring a caregiver. All features are visually integrated, not advertising age or disability. More than half of these ideas cost less than $50 in remodeling or new construction.

Exterior Features

Glass
garage and barn doors for extra light without extra energy use.

Preheated
hot water from solar panels for the water heater, spa and radiant heating.

High ambient temperatures without increased cost (older people often need 78° ambient temperatures) primarily using four
passive solar greenhouses. Our energy costs for ten years averaged less than $70 per month.

Insulation with high “R” values to prevent heat loss.

All door and window seals pressure and infrared tested to prevent heat loss.

The greenhouses were planned so we can grow our own fruits and vegetables year round.

The Proliphix thermostat can be operated from the road, from a wheelchair, or from bed. This device can be used to pre-warm the house or turn down the thermostat from work. People with reduced circulation, quadriplegia for example, may have difficulty with extreme changes in temperature.www.proliphix.com/files/NT20eRev7.pdf

Automatic opener can be added to a door without clearances for wheelchair use.

Front Entry

Aiphone video intercom which shows images of the visitor throughout the house and records visitors while we are gone. We have a sophisticated security system because security is the number one issue for older people.www.aiphone.com/products/alpha-list/detail/jf2med